Outlet for cans



Nov. 27, 1923. ,475,724

. l. E. sax-rom OUTLET FOR CANS Filed Feb. 1'7 1923 Patented Nov. 27, 1923.

STATES PATENT oFFlcE..

ISAAC E. SEXTON, 0F WINCHESTER, MASSACHUSETT OUTLET FOR CANS.

Application led February 17, 1923. Serial No. 619,658.

To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, ISAAC E. SEXTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Win.-

chester, in the county of Middlesex and Statey f one side of the can, and to a retracted position over the'can head.

One object of the invention is to provide a. nozzle adapted to be secured to the can head, and a spout directly connected only with the nozzle, so that the movements of the spout are guided wholly by the nozzle, and not by the can head.

Another object is to so connect the spout with the nozzle that'the spoutmis separable from the nozzle.

I attain the above-mentioned and other related objects by the improved construction hereinafter described and claimed.

Uf the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a top plan view of an outlet comprising a pouring nozzle and a spout connected therewith, in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the spout, shown by Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a section on lineI 4 4 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 3. v

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the spout.

Figure 7 is a top plan View, on a reduced scale, Showing a portion of a can head and an outlet therefor, embodying the invention.

Figure 8 is a View similar to Figure 2, showing a modification.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the figures.

The nozzle element of my improved outlet is a tube, preferably of sheet metal, adapted for attachment to the head of a receptacle, such as a sheet metal can. The tube is preferably partially introverted, or turned back, to form a minor portion 13, which is" an annular fiange surrounding a part of a major portion 12, and connected with the latter by an annular neck 14. The major portion may be attached to the head 16, of a sheet metal can, or other receptacle, in any suitable manner, as by being united by' a seaming operation, or by solder with the head around an orifice in the latter.

The spout element is also preferably of sheet metal, and'inc-ludes an inner portion 17 ,and an outer channeled portion 18. The

inner portion has a circular orifice 19, formed i to receive a portion of the nozzle, and, in this instance, the portionl formed b the flange 13. The Vspout and the nozze are provided with complemental interengaging connecting members, adapted to prevent rectilinear sidewise movement of the spout, and also to permit'edfrewise swinging movements of the spout. 'Fhe rectilinear sidewise movements, which are prevented, are movements of the spout in a rectilinear direction,

either toward or from' the head 16. The edgewise swinging -movements, which are permitted, are movements in the arc of a circle from a projected position overhanging one side of the can, as shown by full lines in Figure 7, to a retracted position over the head as shown by dotted lines.

In the preferred embodiment shown by Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, the connecting member on the nozzle is an external screwthread 13n formed on the flange 13, and the complemental connectingl member on the spout is thelmargin of the orifice 19, said. margin being formed as an internal screwthread.

The orifice is preferably formed on an annular boss or flange, 21. and as shown by Figure 6, a portion of the boss has an outward offset 22, and an inward offset`23. Another portion has an outward offset 22, and an inward offset 23a. The margin of the orifice is' inclined between said offsets, so that the described formation results in the equivalent of an internal screw-thread, the arrangement being such that when the spout is placed upon the nozzle with the center of the orifice 19 alined with the center of the nozzle, and rotated in a given direction, the spout is screwed inward on the nozzle as a nut is screwed on a bolt, until arreste by an annular stop bead 24, on the lower edge of the flange 13. j

The spout may be detached from the nozzle by rotating it in the opposite direction. The described screw-thread connection permits the spoutto be swung upon the nozzle from a projected to a retracted posi tion, and although the swinging movement involves a slight movement toward or from the head4 i6, this `is not a rectilinear move- .ment, and does not permit the separation of 'p the spout from the nozzle, until the spout lli ' teantionally spout to its inward position onthe nozzle before the latter is secured to the can head,

the nozzle and spout being handled as a unit, and the nozzle, when secured, supporting the spout spaced from thel receptacle head, so that rotation of the spout is not impeded by frictional Contact with the head.

The separable connection provided by the screw threads enables the can to be shipped with the spout detached, and temporarily secured in a convenient position, so that it will not be liable to be distorted during shipment. ll do not limit myself, however, to a separable connection, and may inseparably connect the spout with the nozzle, as shown by Figure 8. In this embodime-nt the interengaging members on the nozzle and spout are provided by rolling the lower end of the nozzle ange outward, to 'form an open annular bead 24, and by rolling the margin of the orifice 19 inward, to form an open annular bead 25, interengaged with the bead 24, to prevent sldewise movements and permit swinging movements of the spout.

It will be seen that in each embodiment of the invention, the nozzle and spout constitute an outlet which maybe conveniently applied as a unit to a can.` the spout being incarne conned and guided wholly by the nozzle. 'lhe nozzle dange 13 is a desirable feature, because it enables the connecting member carried by the nozzle to be conveniently formed and located entirely outside the bore-containing portion oi the nozzle. rll`he flange adds materially to the strength and stidness ol the nozzle, and is adapted to hold a anged covering cap 26, shown by dotted lines in Figures 2 and 8, the cap flange shown by Figure 2 being screw-threaded to engage the nozzle thread. lllhe cap shown by lligure 8 is retained in place by friction.

ll claim:l v

l. A receptacle outlet comprising `a nozzle adapted for attachment to the receptacle, and a spout having a circular orice formed vto receive said nozzle, said spout and nozzle being-provided with complemental interengaging members, adapted to prevent rectilinear sidewise movement ol the spout, and permit edgewise swinging movements thereof on the nozzle, the nozzle being composed of a tube, a minor portion of which is turned bach over itself to 'form an annular dange surroundiner a major portion ot said nozzle, one oit said interengagin members being formed -on said ange, an the other on the margin or the s out orice.

2. A receptac e outlet comprising a nozzle adapted for attacent to the receptacle, and a spout having a circular orice formed to receive said nozzle, the. nozzle being composed of a tube, a minor portion of which is turned baclr over itself to form an'annular itlange surrounding a major portion of said nozzle, the said flange being provided with an external screw-thread, and the margin of the spout orificel being formed to constitute an internal screw-thread separably enga ing said external thread.

gn testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

ISAAC E. CSEXTON. 

